The Cricketer

For other uses, seeThe Cricketer (disambiguation).

The Cricketer

Editor	Huw Turbervill
Categories	Cricket
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	22,000 (2014)
Publisher	The Cricketer Publishing Ltd
Founder	Sir Pelham Warner
Founded	1921
First issue	30 April 1921(1921-04-30)
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
Website	www.thecricketer
ISSN	1740-9519

The Cricketeris a monthlyEnglishcricketmagazine providing writing and photography frominternational,countyand club cricket.

Overview

The magazine was founded in 1921 bySir Pelham Warner,an ex-Englandcaptainturned cricket writer. Warner edited the magazine until 1963. Later editors includedE. W. Swanton,Christopher Martin-Jenkins,Reg HayterandSimon Hughes.

The magazine is responsible for the NationalVillage Cup,an annual competition between village cricket sides, with the final played atLord's.It devised the Cricketer Cup competition for old boys' teams from the public schools, which began with 16 teams in 1967 and has since expanded.

It also publishes an annual schools' guide, featuring the best 100 secondary, 50 primary and 20 girls' schools for cricket.

For many years from the 1960s it was owned and run by the Brocklehurst family.Former Somerset captain Benwas in charge, with his wife Belinda and son Tim key players in the magazine's history. After surviving for over 80 years as an independent publication, the magazine was then purchased byWisden,which merged it in 2003 withWisden Cricket Monthly.A new magazine calledThe Wisden Cricketerenjoyed some success under the editorship of John Stern over the next eight years. In December 2010, a private equity company called Test Match Extra Ltd – which owned and ran a cricket website of the same name – bought the magazine from the then ownersBSkyB.

TME are a group of business people who share a passion for cricket. Neil Davidson, the former chair of Leicestershire CCC, chairs the TME board; shareholders include The Rt Hon Lord Marland, Marie Melnyk and Nigel Peet.

In May 2011, the magazine dropped 'Wisden' from the masthead and becameThe Cricketer(in association with Wisden). Stern left as editor later that month.

Andrew Miller joined as editor in January 2012, with formerNottinghamshirecricketerAndy Affordappointed as publishing director. Afford soon took on the role of managing director and when Miller departed,Simon Hughes,a formerMiddlesexandDurhambowler, and Channel 4's The Analyst, became the title's editor-at-large from 1 September 2014. Supporting the appointment of Hughes,Alec Swannjoined as head of editorial planning and production after four-and-a-half years with theNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph.However, when Hughes became the magazine's full editor with effect from the April 2016 edition, Swann was no longer involved with the publication.Huw Turbervill worked with Hughes as managing editor of the magazine.

In 2021The Cricketercelebrated its centenary, with a decade-by-decade history published on a monthly basis.

In November 2021, Huw Turbervill became editor of the magazine. James Coyne is deputy editor. Geoff Barton is art director.Jim Hindson,the former Nottinghamshire spin bowler, is the commercial director of the business. Sam Morshead is in charge ofThe Cricketer's digital journalism. It won the Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket award at the ECB Domestic Journalism Awards for four years in a row, from 2019–2022.

The Cricketeris the world best-selling cricket title, with an ABC-audited circulation of 22,000.It is available in digital format for mobile and tablet devices viaiTunes,Google PlayandAmazonpublishing platforms.

The Cricketer Publishing Limited ownsThe Cricketer,along with other assets that include CricketArchive, The National Village Cup, Thecricketer and TestMatchSofa.

External links

• Official website
• History ofThe Cricketerby Tim Brocklehurst,Cricinfo